FILMS IN EDUCATION
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An educational films is
one which contributes to the achievement of desirable educational goals by
making an effective use of motion picture as a medium of communication. They have helped in
revolutionizing the teaching techniques .Films
present the concepts clearly and realistically and hence leave a long lasting
impression on the viewer.
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Educational films are
one such means of indirect experience motion pictures or films present an
abstracted vision of the real event omitting unnecessary and unimportant
details
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Films communication acts
as a link between classrooms and the society .Motion pictures can help explore
cultural context may be integrated easily into the classroom and curriculum are
entertaining and allow flexibility of materials and teaching techniques
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There are various kind of motion pictures of them we are
concerned with educational films which are of two kinds
INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS -:They are specially
planned to achieve certain educational objectives and are made in specific
subject areas for teaching purpose.These films can be background films or
direct teaching films. They help to promote to achieve a skill an attitude or
to convey certain facts information ,phenomena or theory
DOCUMENTARY FILMS -:They are made on
specific topics/ aspects and highlight them.Documentaries which relevance to a
curriculum can be used as supplementary material for classroom teaching
DRAMATIC
FILMS -:The purpose of such films is recreational
NARRATIVE FILMS -:These films give a
sequential account of an event or series of happenings .They also provide a
story or fairly tale usually with a moral at the end
EVIDENTIAL FILMS -:These films combine instruction
with evidence .They are used to record scientific or mechanical data to study
and analysis phenomena
FACTUAL FILMS -:A nonfictional motion picture
intended to document some aspect of
reality,primarily for the purpose of instruction education or maintaining a
historical record
PROBLEMATIC FILMS -:These films are
narrative films that integrated a larger social conflict into the individual
conflict between its characters
EMULATIVE FILMS -:
ADVANTAGES OF USING EDUCATIONAL FILMS
· Films stimulate imagination
and sustain interest
· Films provide
vicarious visual experience which
heighten
· Films are not only
informative but also re-creative
· Films are a means of mass
communication
· Films help recreate past,
present events that happen outside the class inside the four walls of the
classroom
DISADVANTAGES OF USING EDUCATIONAL FILMS
The equipment is expensive
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Difficult to operate and requires technicians
· Difficult to procure educational films
· Language barriers, since it is difficult to get films in
local language
· Usually films tend to be a one way interaction with no
intervention of teacher, hence subtle details can be missed
